‘British clown’ John Oliver challenges Buc-ee’s over trademarks — then gets hit with his own network’s record



BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales is passionate about protecting American culture — and that includes the roadside fever dream that is Buc-ee’s gas station.

“They have a HomeGoods store. They sell barbecue. They have beef jerky. They have everything you could ever want and the cleanest freaking restrooms you'll ever see in your life. Like, Buc-ee’s is a national treasure,” she gushes.

But it seems not everyone shares Sara’s love for the Texas-sized travel center. British-American comedian John Oliver devoted a segment of his show “Last Week Tonight” to criticizing Buc-ee’s for suing smaller businesses over trademark issues involving beaver imagery and similar names. He even launched a parody “Buc-Off” merch line featuring a squirrel mascot and dared the chain to sue him.

“Buc-ee’s should be careful here because as one legal expert has said, ‘The more you do this, the more you might run into somebody who has the means or the will to fight with you about.’ That is where we come in because it turns out we very much have the will to get into a fight with Buc-ee’s,” Oliver said, before debuting his new “Buc-Off” brand and merch line.

“If any gas station chain out there has an issue with our new logo and products and wants to get lawyers involved, then you know what? Bring it the f**k on,” he taunted.

Calling Oliver a “British clown,” Sara retorts, “Imagine having so little material that you're like, ‘You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to pick a fight with Buc-ee’s’ ... Over what? Buc-ee’s protecting their own IP?”

“He's saying indirectly he's supporting small companies that are trying to profit off of Buc-ee’s image and likeness by imitating a successful brand,” she adds.

Sara sees Oliver’s stunt as yet another attempt by a foreigner to destroy American culture.

“I find it very offensive he's going to come into my country and speak the way that he speaks and go after one of the biggest national treasures in this entire country,” she says.

But it’s not just offensive — it’s hypocritical too.

“Let me just show you, John Oliver, your own parent company — the company that owns HBO, where you can find his sh***y program. Warner Brothers Discovery sued an AI firm for Batman Superman copyright infringement,” Sara points out.

“So rules for thee, but not for me,” she quips.

To hear more, watch the episode above.

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Comedian Druski and BET Awards LAMPOON the black church



Comedian Druski took the stage at the BET Awards as a flamboyant preacher obsessed with celebrities' net worths and extravagant displays of wealth. And while it was a joke, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock believes it exposed something very real about the current state of the black church.

“The black church is now a running joke to the point that the BET Awards can be based off of it. Druski opened up the BET Awards mocking the black church,” Whitlock says, before playing a few clips from Druski’s performance.

In one clip, Druski yelled that “somebody getting impregnated with the Word of God in here, in the front row right here.”


In another clip, he says, “We’ve got so many stars in the building whose net worths are blessed and who God has ordained to bless me. Put Tyler Perry net worth up there. Oh my God! Glory! $1.4 billion dollars! We pulling net worth tonight. Amen.”

“Somebody better donate, amen? Amen. Amen. Who else in the building? We got Stevie Wonder in the building. Put his net worth up there. $200 million,” he continues, with the screen behind him showing Wonder’s net worth in brail.

“This man is mocking the black church, taking God’s name in vain in front of a national television audience on the biggest night in black culture,” Whitlock says.

“I actually think he’s a force for good. He’s holding up a mirror and saying this is the type of clown show we have become,” he continues.

“Druski is using comedy properly to hold up a mirror and say ... our behavior is so foolish that the only thing I can do is mock it,” he adds.

While Shemeka Michelle agrees, she also doesn’t think the comedy is for everyone.

“I don’t have a problem with it when it comes to people like us who actually can say this is so sad, that it’s accurate ... but I think where my problem would come in at is that so many people won’t see it. They won’t see that this is accurate and this is sad and that there needs to be a change,” Michelle says.

“They will just take it as ‘OK, this is nothing to take serious, and we can continue to just play with God and the church, and it’s something that should be made a joke of,’” she continues.

“That’s what I’m kind of fearful of, that people just won’t have any reverence for God,” she adds.

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Is Theo Von really becoming a Christian? This raw, tearful clip speaks for itself



Speculation is mounting that comedian and podcaster Theo Von is on the path to becoming a true Christian. Recent clips of him getting emotional about Jesus, attending Bible study with country music star Morgan Wallen, and asking God for a "new story" have gone viral, sparking Christian commentary and reactions about his faith journey. Von has even described himself as searching for the Lord and spiritual healing.

But is he really on the path to salvation in Christ?

BlazeTV host Rick Burgess asked this question and evaluated the evidence on a recent episode of “The Rick Burgess Show.”

“We know a pretty good friend of Theo Von ... I reached out to that brother yesterday,” says Rick, noting that this person is “a man of God.”

He inquired about Von’s faith journey, and the message he received back was surprising: “I think sometimes people like Theo Von ... has more trust in what Jesus can do than many people who already profess their faith in Him.”

Rick is encouraged by this message.

“Theo Von seems to know that Jesus Christ is going to transform his life,” he says.

The costliness of this transformation, Rick notes, is one of the more painful parts of the Christian walk.

“When Jesus says count the cost, usually what we think of are the martyrs. Nothing wrong with that. Or we think of I might lose my job, I might lose friends ... I might have family members who abandon me. That's all true,” he says, “but what Jesus is talking about that I think sometimes the most difficult for us is it's going to cost us our sin. He is going to call us to a new life.”

To Rick, it seems like Von is “being honest” about this reality of the Christian faith.

“Theo Von seems to be fully aware of what is at stake here, and he's being honest. He's not sure that he wants it,” he speculates.

Rick then plays a recent clip of Von that he says captures this authentic wrestle he believes Von is currently caught up in.

In the video, an emotional Von recaps the story of Jesus healing a chronically ill man in Bethesda.

“Jesus asks him, ‘Do you want to be healed?’ ... and that's a crazy question because, you know, if I get healed then I'm different. You know, if somebody gets healed, they have a new story,” he said.

“So that's just been something that I've been having to ask myself. It's like, yeah, do I want to be healed? Do I really want something different? And sometimes, a lot of the answer is no, I don’t,” he continued, fighting tears.

“I don't know if I'm scared of it. I don't know what I am. I don't know if I don't want to do what it takes to get, I can't even tell what it is. And it's hard for me. Some of this stuff's a little bit hard for me to say. I think I don't even know why, but I think I want a new story.”

Rick is blown away by Von’s willingness to be so authentically vulnerable about his wrestle.

“That’s honest right there, folks,” he says, emphasizing that Von’s use of the word “hard” reflects a genuine understanding of Jesus’ warning in Matthew 7 about the two paths — an easy one that leads to death and an incredibly difficult one that leads to life.

It is clear to Rick that Von is aware choosing the path of life will prove costly to him.

He hopes, however, that someone who knows the Lord is teaching Von that if he chooses life, he won’t be walking the costly path alone.

“Theo knows something's going to change, but I hope he understands that Jesus will do the changing,” he says, citing John 15:4: “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”

While he doesn’t know what decision Von will ultimately make, one thing is clear to Rick: “The Holy Spirit is working on Theo.”

To hear more and see the clip of Von vulnerably admitting his wrestle with the gospel, watch the episode above.

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Comedian defends Jimmy Kimmel from cancel culture: ‘It’s still a joke’



Jimmy Kimmel’s “widow” joke about first lady Melania Trump has sparked sharp criticism from the Trump administration — with President Donald Trump and Melania Trump going so far as to call for ABC to fire the comedian.

“Our first lady, Melania, is here. ... So beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow,” Kimmel said in his monologue.

Not only did the president and the first lady not find the joke funny, but the timing made its reception even worse.

“As the first lady of the United States pointed out this morning, just two days prior to the shooting, ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel disgustingly called first lady Melania Trump an ‘expectant widow,’” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said after the most recent attempt on President Trump’s life.

“Who in their right mind says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her beloved husband?” Leavitt continued.


“And having experienced what I did with the first lady on Saturday night, I can tell you that she was anything but that. This kind of rhetoric about the president, the first lady, and his supporters is completely deranged,” she added.

While members of the Trump administration have made it clear they’re not happy with Kimmel, BlazeTV host and comedian Dave Landau has a controversial take.

“I’m going to go ahead and say that’s a funny joke,” he tells co-host Stu Burguiere.

“You like the joke,” Stu comments, surprised.

“It’s fine. You keep trying to kill him, so they’re saying you have a good look for an expectant widow. I understand that people don’t like the guy who’s saying it, but there’s logic and reason to the joke, and it’s a still a joke,” Landau says.

“You don’t have to like it, but I will never be on the side of throw somebody off of TV or cancel them based on something that was a joke,” he continues.

“We agree on that,” Burguiere says, adding, “I’m totally with you.”

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Comedian Mark Normand crushes woke studio execs who wanted Muslim joke removed: 'On one condition ...'



Stand-up comedian Mark Normand believes in making fun of everyone, equally.

When asked about his latest Netflix special, Normand said he wanted to be "inclusive," meaning he wanted to make fun of people from all walks of life.

'I want you to admit on this call that they're a dangerous people.'

Normand told podcaster Shannon Sharpe recently that he gave "equal opportunity" mockery to every group, including "trans, Mexican, black, gay, Muslim, everyone."

It was one of those specific groups that executives confronted Normand about and wanted it removed from his hour-long set. The comic revealed a phone call he received from top brass recently, and while most would assume he was referring to Netflix — given that his "None Too Pleased" special was just released on the platform — a Normand voiceover told audiences multiple times it was actually Hulu he had the conversation with.

On the podcast "Tuesdays with Stories," the New Orleans native recalled, "About a week ago or two weeks ago, they said, 'Send us a couple jokes you like. We'll chop them up and use that as promo on social media.'"

A week later, representatives allegedly asked the comedian to have a conference call, which he was not looking forward to because it's "18 Jews on there with a speakerphone and my Jews," Normand joked with co-host Joe List.

"They go, 'Yeah, we got some bad news there. We reviewed the special again. We'd like to take out the Muslim joke.'"

Normand explained that staff told him that the last time "a comic did a Muslim joke," they got bomb and death threats. But the 42-year-old said he refused to take it out.

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"I like the joke. It kills. It's a hot joke," Normand said, adding, "And you know, no one touches 'Muzz,'" referring to Muslims.

The comic said he fought for his joke, telling the platform, "You approved it. Now you're going back."

The platform allegedly then focused its battle on not removing the joke from the special itself but rather getting Normand to agree that it would not appear in social media promotions. The platform apparently believed social media was where most of the turmoil and backlash spawns from, not from people actually watching the special.

In response, Normand then gave the reps an ultimatum:

"OK. I don't love it, but OK. I will take it off on one condition," he recalled saying. Normand then said he told those on the call that he would only approve the social media plan if they admitted Muslims are dangerous.

"I want you to admit on this call that they're a dangerous people. And they were like, 'What? No. What, are you crazy?' And I'm like, 'You got to admit it, or I'm keeping it, or I'm posting it.'"

Normand said he could hear the commotion through the phone, until he was eventually told they would not adhere to his request, chiefly because it's "offensive."

That's when Normand called out the studio's hypocrisy.

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"That's what the call is!" Normand remembered. "You're calling about this, and I just need you to say it out loud."

Remembering his phone call had Normand up in arms on the recent podcast, as he mocked the executive class for "signaling" about their beliefs but not standing behind them.

"You can say, 'Hey, I love this group.' But then you don't live near them. You know, we're all talk. We're all signaling. We're all virtuous, but you don't actually act that way."

"So they admitted it," Normand said to his surprise; and while he did reveal he was "half joking" when he made his request, the comedian had a good time getting "a group of HR homos" to say, "All right, they're dangerous. We'll see you later," before hanging up the phone.

As for which platform Normand spoke to, Netflix did not respond to a request for clarification; Hulu did not reply either. Normand seemingly had one special on the latter platform, "Out to Lunch" (2020), but it appears to no longer be available.

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Liberal media goes after comedian for not knowing everything about Bad Bunny: ‘I don’t care’



On a recent appearance on Fox News, Dave Landau poked fun at Bad Bunny — the Super Bowl’s halftime show performer of choice.

“What this comes down to is, you look at somebody like Bad Bunny, or you look at somebody like Trevor Noah. They don’t actually have the ability to talk trash in their own countries, so they come to America, make a great living, living the American dream, insulting our country, because they know in their homeland they would be killed for doing the very same thing,” Landau said to host Greg Gutfeld.

Media Matters caught on to Landau’s error — which is that Bad Bunny’s home country is the United States — and put him on blast.

But Landau isn’t concerned with their ire.


“They put out this so people would let me know that Puerto Rico is a territory ’cause I clearly would have no idea of such things,” he tells BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

Now, he tells Gonzales that he’s receiving death threats because “Media Matters is a horrible company.”

“Talk about how you are funded by George Soros. Do that, Media Matters. Keep complaining about white billionaires, too, to tell your people that white billionaires are a problem when you’re funded by white billionaires,” he says.

“Where did you think that Bad Bunny was from?” Gonzales asks.

“I thought Colombia,” Landau responds. “Here’s why. I don’t care. Even when I was here, I think it’s very obvious that I wasn’t actually watching the news. I was just trying to find stories. All I knew about Bad Bunny was they said he didn’t speak English. And the left, that is, was worried that ICE was going to take him at the Super Bowl because he’s an illegal.”

“That’s all I heard from the left,” he explains.

“Turns out he’s from Puerto Rico,” he says.

“God, you’re racist,” Gonzales jokes.

“Exactly. I’m a monster,” he adds.

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Trump fatigue: Golden Globes host on why she kept jokes politics-free



Host Nikki Glaser says she wanted to keep her patter mostly nonpolitical at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.

But the comic wasn't too shy to try out the junked jokes on "The Howard Stern Show" earlier this week.

'You just don’t say that guy's name right now.'

On ICE

Reading from her phone, Glaser started with a couple of barbs aimed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"I was going to come in at some point and say, 'I'm hearing from the bar that we're out of ice. And you know, we don't really need ice. And actually, I hate ice.'"

Glaser said the joke was a little too simple and off the mark, though.

"It just felt like, oh, even that's just being too trivial. … It's hard to strike the right tone," she said, according to Variety.

Orange man banned

The 41-year-old also admitted to scrapping an idea Steve Martin sent her about the president renaming the show's venue to the "Trump Beverly Hilton."

"You just don’t say that guy's name right now," she explained. "I just want to give it space."

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Glaser told Stern she's no longer as precious about cutting material as she used to be.

"You just gotta move on and [say] 'let's just write a better joke.'"

Mixed signaling

Many of the celebs in attendance didn't seem to share Glaser's determination to keep the proceedings nonpartisan. Some sported pins in protest of ICE with slogans like "Ice Out" and "Be Good."

The latter is in reference to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent while allegedly attempting to ram him with her car.

The award show host still took jabs at the network airing the ceremonies, mocking CBS for allegedly pulling a story about the Trump administration's immigration enforcement.

"And the award for most editing goes to CBS News! Yes, CBS News: America's newest place to see BS news," Glaser said during the awards.

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Just kidding

Glaser also shared a few rejected jabs at the A-list nominees, including riffing that "One Battle After Another" star Sean Penn received his nod for "Best Neck Veins."

She also mocked Penn's co-star Leonardo DiCaprio for "always squinting."

"I mean, I assume it's to read your girlfriend's ID. Just making sure that the year starts with a two," she added.

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Joe Rogan, Christian? The podcaster opens up about his ongoing exploration of faith



Joe Rogan may not be ready to call himself a Christian, but the former atheist does find himself rubbing shoulders with believers on many a Sunday.

The podcaster once again revealed details about his ongoing exploration of the faith, including his habit of regularly attending church.

'It's almost like everybody is under a spell.'

He also demonstrated a newfound appreciation of why someone would need God in his or her life. When recent podcast guest Francis Foster expressed amazement at how much a friend of his could rely on religion as a foundation for getting through tough times, Rogan didn't seem nearly as surprised.

"If you really do believe that, it definitely will help you," the comedian concurred.

Church going

At that point, fellow guest — and Foster's "Triggernometry" podcast co-host — Konstantin Kisin chimed in that he himself had been becoming more religious.

"I haven't got there, but I have started going to church every now and again," Kisin explained.

"Do you enjoy it?" Rogan asked.

"I love it," responded Kisin.

"I do too," confessed Rogan, adding, "It's a bunch of people that are going to try to make their lives better. They're trying to be a better person."

Rogan then described his church experience as getting together with a group of people who read and analyze Bible passages.

"I'm really interested in what these people were trying to say because I don't think it's nothing," Rogan said.

No 'fairy tale'

From there, the New Jersey native addressed claims he has heard from atheists and secularists who dismiss Christianity as being "foolish."

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The 58-year-old pushed back against the characterization that Christianity as a collection of "fairy tales" by "self-professed intelligent people," noting that a proper understanding of the faith requires considering historical context, translation difficulties, and oral vs. written tradition.

"I think there's something to what they're saying," Rogan offered.

Trust the science

While noting that modern science has found physical evidence for the biblical flood story told in Genesis, Rogan said he also appreciated the Bible as a compelling depiction of society 6,000 years ago.

Further segments in the podcast revealed that, perhaps due to a renewed interest in faith, Rogan's algorithm may have even changed.

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This became evident when the group discussed some of Kisin's protest journalism, where he asks befuddled liberals the reason they are attending the current protest of the day.

In response, Rogan pointed to a video of a man doing interviews at a left-wing No Kings protest. The man asks attendees if they believe in human rights, to which they affirm, until they are asked about human rights "in the womb," which is when they dismiss the idea.

"It's almost like everybody is under a spell," Rogan laughed.

Rogan first confirmed he was going to church in June, after hinting at the idea that he was becoming more religious. He described his attendance similarly at that time:

"It's actually very nice; they're all just trying to be better people."

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Druski ‘whiteface’ skit EXPOSES racist double standard



Comedian Druski is making headlines after showing up at a NASCAR race decked out in whiteface for a comedy skit that’s now gone viral.

In the video, Druski, whose real name is Andrew Desbordes, goes undercover as a white man with a phony beard, a mullet, tattoos, denim overalls over a bare chest, a cowboy hat, and even a bright red farmer’s tan. As the camera follows him, he yells things like “I’m white and I’m proud” and spits at the feet of black people he passes.

“I didn’t find this funny,” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock says on “Fearless.” “I found it more intentionally provocative and just trolling. ‘Hey, I’m going to do whiteface, and white people can’t do blackface, and I’m going to portray a white redneck in the worst way possible.’”

“I found it as like, ‘Hey, I have privileges. I can do things that white comedians can’t, so I’m going to do it.’ And it’s the hypocrisy of it that bothers me,” he continues.


“I’m not offended by the video. The video’s harmless. But it’s just really, really hypocritical, and it’s intentionally done to inflame white people, and that’s where he’s going to get the traction off of,” he adds.

BlazeTV contributor Shemeka Michelle is in agreement.

“I felt like it was harmless as well. I didn’t think anything of it when I saw it. I think the most I thought about it was that I have a similar hat in my closet, and so that was kind of funny to me. But I do see the hypocrisy in it,” she explains.

Michelle notes that comedians like Jimmy Fallon have had to apologize for skits they did that weren’t even blackface but closely resembled it.

“White people can’t do this without having to apologize. I see the hypocrisy in it, and I do understand the white people that are online saying, ‘This is hypocritical,’” Michelle says.

“This is what people have been saying for a while now, that there are things that black people can say and do that white people can’t say and do. And, you know, maybe it’s hypocritical,” she continues, “but it is actually the truth. It’s just a fact. We can get away with pretty much saying and doing anything.”

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